Impressment in United States
Impressment Definition
A power possessed by the English crown of taking persons or property to aid in the defense of the country, with or without the consent of the persons concerned. It is usually exercised to obtain hands for the queen’s ships in time of war, by taking seamen engaged in merchant vessel, (1 Bl. Comm. 420; Maude & P. Shipp. 123), but in former times impressment of merchant ships was also practiced. The admiralty issues protections against impressment in certain cases, either under statutes passed in favor of certain callings (e. g., persons employed in the Greenland fisheries), or voluntarily. Rapalje & L.
Impressment in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Impressment | Impressment in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Impressment | Impressment in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Impressment | Impressment in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
A power possessed by the English crown of taking persons or property to aid in the defense of the country, with or without the consent of the persons concerned. It is usually exercised to obtain hands for the queen’s ships in time of war, by taking seamen engaged in merchant vessel, (1 Bl. Comm. 420; Maude & P. Shipp. 123), but in former times impressment of merchant ships was also practiced. The admiralty issues protections against impressment in certain cases, either under statutes passed in favor of certain callings (e. g., persons employed in the Greenland fisheries), or voluntarily. Rapalje & L.
Notice
This definition of Impressment is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
Impressment in the U.S. Legal History
Summary
The British practice of seizing seamen from American merchant ships and forcing them to serve in the British navy. Impressment was one of the causes of the War of 1812.
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